Synonyms of mocks

mocks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mock

1

as in imitates

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitates
• parodies
• does
• spoofs
• mimics
• caricatures
• ridicules
• burlesques
• emulates
• satirizes
• simulates
• sends up
• travesties
• derides
• plays
• performs
• reproduces
• lampoons
• pretends
• jibes
• feigns
• replicates
• enhances
• exaggerates
• elaborates
• personates
• stretches
• embellishes
• acts
• parrots
• dissembles
• apes
• gibes
• monkeys
• embroiders
• amplifies
• expands
• overstates
• duplicates
• impersonates
• fakes
• mimes
• magnifies
• pads
• pantomimes
• shams
• counterfeits
• pasquinades
• plays up
• overdraws
• enlarges (on or upon)
• fleshes (out)
• puts on
• copycats

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as in ridicules

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridicules
• derides
• taunts
• teases
• parodies
• jibes
• jeers
• gibes
• laughs (at)
• imitates
• scouts
• harasses
• skewers
• makes fun of
• rags on
• pokes fun at
• torments
• scorns
• makes sport of
• cocks a snook (at)
• shoots down
• belittles
• disparages
• decries
• cocks snooks (at)
• targets
• bad-mouths
• satirizes
• scoffs (at)
• mimics
• razzes
• sneers (at)
• poohs
• quizzes
• lampoons
• pesters
• ribs
• caricatures
• pooh-poohs
• kids
• baits
• twits
• heckles
• jives
• rallies
• rides
• chaffs
• harries
• pillories
• tweaks
• joshes
• burlesques
• rags
• parrots
• bugs
• catcalls
• apes
• takes off (on)
• travesties
• hassles
• needles
• barracks
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• commends
• applauds
• sanctions
• indorses

3

as in disobeys

to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of

a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disobeys
• ignores
• violates
• defies
• dismisses
• rejects
• rebels (against)
• opposes
• resists
• disregards
• fights
• scorns
• overlooks
• flouts
• withstands
• passes over
• infringes
• revolts (against)
• transgresses
• scoffs (at)
• breaks
• disputes
• disobliges
• combats
• shrugs off
• pooh-poohs
• breaches
• brushes (off)
• contests
• winks (at)
• mutinies (against)
• tunes out
• poohs
• overpasses
• bucks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• obeys
• conforms (to)
• serves
• yields (to)
• submits (to)
• minds
• complies (with)
• surrenders (to)
• concedes (to)
• defers (to)
• stoops (to)
• observes
• keeps
• cooperates (with)
• agrees (to)
• capitulates (to)
• obliges
• hears
• notices
• goose-steps (to)
• watches
• regards
• notes
• attends
• assents (to)
• accedes (to)
• marks
• listens (to)
• heeds
• acquiesces (to)

mocks

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noun

plural of mock

1

as in jokes

a person or thing that is made fun of

they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• targets
• fools
• victims
• sports
• jests
• mockeries
• butts
• laughingstocks
• marks
• derisions
• dupes
• monkeys
• saps
• pigeons
• suckers
• gulls
• chumps
• fall guys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pets
• favorites
• darlings

2

as in copies

something that is made to look exactly like something else

obviously, the "priceless" Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copies
• reproductions
• replicas
• imitations
• versions
• dupes
• clones
• carbon copies
• duplicates
• dummies
• facsimiles
• replications
• reduplications
• simulations
• duplications
• fakes
• carbons
• phoneys
• counterfeits
• rubber stamps
• knockoffs
• reconstructions
• phonies
• forgeries
• shadows
• mock-ups
• prints
• miniatures
• impressions
• rip-offs
• semblances
• spares
• shams
• reincarnations
• images
• likenesses
• approximations
• re-creations
• imprints
• reserves
• extras

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prototypes
• originals
• archetypes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mocks

Verb

Proposition 50 mocks California voters and wastes hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. —Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025

So, tonight, this song goes out to a white man who watches [pornography series] Ghetto Gaggers and mocks Asian people on a podcast. —Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025

The exchange mocks our urge to impose order on the messiness of narrative. —Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Elon Musk wades back into UK politics, backs leader of new right-wing party, mocks rival. —FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025

Student imitates Charlie Kirk's death and mocks him, goes up to statue where TPUSA members are and imitates his death again, and spits near them. —Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025

After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot. —Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

Take how the internet mocks millennial cringe compilations, tallying the ways 30-somethings are un-cool. —Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025

The satirical black comedy, which mocks the hippie motorcycle movies made popular with Easy Rider (1969), stars Robert Blake and Billy Green Bush as Arizona motorcycle cops who get caught up in a murder investigation. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025

Noun

Part of the reason almost none of the mocks pegged Barron to Denver is because so, so many of them had Payton and general manager George Paton selecting North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025